Your Say: Do you keep beauty products at work? What do you have on hand?

Ahhh… May 1st – a public holiday that is celebrated internationally by all “labourers” – you and me included 😀 Yay for “universal” public holidays! a public holiday here and in many parts of Asia. Just learnt its not as universal as i originally thought. Boo! It should be! 😛

Which brings us to an interesting question some friends have asked me – What beauty products do you keep at work? What do you ensure you always have on hand, even at the office?

Wanna know mine?

Nothing.

I’m serious! I don’t keep any beauty products at work. No makeup, no hand creams, no lip balm. That’s my work desk in the office and at home up there. They are messy as anything, but its mostly scraps of paper, stationery and at work, some chocolate (not even sure why since I don’t eat much chocolate either!) But not a beauty product to be seen.

Oh wait, there’s one – a bottle of drinking water, if that’s considered a beauty product 😀 I have a bottle on my desk so I remember to drink enough water during the day. Not counted, then the count stands at 0 😛

I guess its because I don’t use hand creams, nor do I use lipbalms, the 2 items you may expect to find at most womens’ desks. I really should, seeing that constant exposure to air-conditioning can be very drying to the skin. Maybe I’ll bring a tube of hand cream to work the next time.

Am I alone in this or am I the odd one out? 😉

Your say: Do you keep beauty products at work? What beauty products do you have on your work desk then?

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Paris B is a 40-something beauty and skincare enthusiast with a practical and very critical view of beauty products and the world of beauty. Her mission on My Women Stuff is to deliver clear, honest reviews and facilitate discussions about beauty trends and life, tempered with a healthy dose of humour. Let the buyer's remorse be ours not yours! When not testing the newest skincare creams and lotions, or playing with makeup, find her testing her culinary skills in the kitchen at Chez PB. Read more about us here or leave a comment below or connect with us on social media at Instagram, Facebook and Twitter!

I keep hand creams around because I keep getting paper cuts, and um, for when I’m bored. I’ve never had a “real” office/desk with drawers, so I can’t say what I’d do (and well… they’re all beauty internships).

Though I do have a workstation at my client’s office but my job sometimes requires me to move around. So I sort of live off my laptop backpack, which is a good thing because I’ll be mindful of what I bring or end up carrying too much on my back. I am not a fan of hand cream. I’m like you, no beauty products on my work desktop and a big water tumbler is a must 🙂

Ah so you have a mobile office! I never got the hang of carrying a laptop around so I ditched mine. Very liberating not to own a laptop hehe… But yes, the backpack & laptop etc is terrible for the back.

I always keep a small bottle of Vichy’s thermal water at work because it just gets so dry in the aircon room 🙂 also have a small mirror which doubles up as a boss-spotter so i can see when my boss is coming from behind, heheheh

I’m not working yet, but I’ve done my industrial training last year for 4 months. During that time, I always have my lipbalm and hand lotion on my desk because the office is fully air-conditioned and it made my skin dry. Oh, I also have hand sanitizer because I’m such a clean freak. Even after touching others stationery, I use hand sanitizer. Who knows they might be picking their nose, use their pen, and I use their pen aft that. Then I touch my face aft touching the bacterial-infected pen. Ok, I just went overboard >.< And I have my travel-size toner, day serum, moisturizer & sunblock in my drawer. This is because I will cleanse my face during the lunch break and reapply everything on my face. I just don't like the feel of make-up on my face aft more than 6hours. ^^

Hand sanitizer! Now that you mention it I guess I’m lucky no one else touches my stationery except me 😛 In a previous office, I had a whole set of toiletries and skincare at the office because I used to work late. As in overnight. These days, I don’t so that doesn’t happen anymore YAY!

You are definitely not the odd one =) Although I haven’t start working, but I seldom pay any attention the hand cream and lip balm as well. Guess this is one of the habit which I should change as my hand’s skin getting drier and drier nowadays.

This is what I call minimalistic beauty! It’s okay, I can relate. I only have four products and mostly for eczema and itching, so I’m not sure if they actually count. And I’m gonna have to throw out that hair thing because it smells funky now.

Haha I think many find it surprising 😛 I just never associated the office with any sort of beauty/primping but it could just be that I don’t go straight out thereafter that a bit of lipstick (kept in my bag) can’t handle 🙂

Oh i’m surprise. I have on my desk – hand cream, body lotion (which I hardly use) and face spray (which I hardly use). In my drawer – stash of makeups (I usually do my makeup in the office) and some lipbalms.

haha… yeah I think many find it surprising too 😉 I do my makeup at home, so I don’t feel the need to keep anything at the office, and then I’m not the sort to touch up during the day as I do my makeup to last all day. The only thing I would touch up if I had somewhere to go is lipstick but that’s in my bag so… 😉

LOL!! You know what? You should buy them all a stick of lipbalm and tell them to use it and you can all be lip balm buddies! 😉 I know male friends who ask me for lipbalms once they work out that cracked lips aren’t just a woman’s domain hehe…

haha…Paris, good question 🙂 even I don’t keep anything on my desk and not even a lip balm…but, I always try to make sure I carry a cream with me in my bag and always forget to do it or use it…and, always remember it in emergencies when my hands get too dry or my lips feel stretched 😀 but, yes, I am too lazy still. but. right now, I do have a body lotion in my bag. kept it just yesterday as my hands were getting dry due to air-conditioning.

That’s interesting, Swati! I don’t carry those in my bag either but maybe I just don’t take very good care of my hands 🙁 Perhaps I should. I’ve started by applying a hand cream at night and I’m not sure if its helping, but at least my hands feel nice in the morning 🙂

Let’s see…I have 2 hand creams, 1 facial mist and most importantly, my Humidifier which I bought to constantly blow mist into my face as I work in the dry air conditioned office. It is just so so dry to live in a desert environment!

Boo to no Labour Day and I’m quite curious about a desert environment. Maybe I should make Dubai my next destination. I hear its quite an interesting place to visit, and I get to experience something different too 😀

But at home, because my dresser is kind of small, my beauty products spill over to my writing desk, where I put my laptop. So currently, I have my Baby Lips, Eyelash curler, a Sleek Palette. Also a spray bottle of rose water and a Lush Hand cream.

I have little drawers on the table with everything from blushes to eyeliners, and in one of the two drawers under my table, are eyeshadow palettes too.

Paris, you’re odd! Lol, Im kidding. Wow, but bravo to you to manage to keep your Beauty Monster under control at work. Mine is all out and proud 😀 on my desk at work you can find lip balm (sometimes even 2), hand cream, hand sanitizer, vitamin b5 cream for dry skin/lips, hair oil, leave-in conditioner for hair, hair scalp treatment (yes, try to grow out my hair), oil blotting papers, spa water spray (useless), in the summer there is also a sunscreen or uv powder.. And no, I dont have a problem.

*feels sad for being odd* 😉 I know right? when my friends posed me the question, I looked around and only saw chocolates and snacks on my desk, alongside a deluge of paper LOL! Tells you what my priorities are eh? 😉